UBUNTU-CVE-2018-5089

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2018-5089

    Published: 23 Jan 2018Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2018-5089

    Summary:

    Details: Memory safety bugs were reported in Firefox 57 and Firefox ESR 52.5. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort that some of these could be exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 52.6, Firefox ESR < 52.6, and Firefox < 58.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-5089, https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2018-02/, https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2018-03/, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3544-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3529-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3688-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-5089

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: firefox

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+build6-0ubuntu0.14.04.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -58.0+build6-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

    Affected versions

    24.0+build1-0ubuntu1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High